Arrowsmith's large, folding map of Asia was the most accurate of the continent available at the time. It bears all the hallmarks that made his maps models of clarity and accessibility. "It is a significant advance on other maps of the period, incorporating the work of surveyors like James Rennell.....
Iraq/ World War I. PERVITITCH, Jacques [Jakub PERVITIĆ] [Constantinople: c. 1918] Irak. 18 ½ x 23 inches (47 x 58.5 cm. Color lithography, with some contemporary manuscript additions in pencil, bearing stamp of "J. Pervititch Constantinople." Mended marginal split, a few penetrating printed surface, some staining & creasing, yet still.....
A very attractive, scarce plan of Tehran, in both English and Farsi, with over 130 buildings and locations listed and keyed to the map. Vignettes of the city's notable monuments run along the top margin. The plan was based on a hand drawing by Addas Sahab, the most important mapmaker.....
